An actual problem..

aurian · 07-01-2008, 05:28 AM

Since I JUST switched over to Verizon, I'm new to all of this...

It says that I cant send a text more than 160characters to anyone outside of Verizon...Why? this is stupid. Tmibile wasnt like that

wyattrash619 · 07-01-2008, 06:20 AM

That is the most the Glyde can handle to send to anyone... Not just to other people outside Verizon. On the Glyde it only shows you can input 160 characters...On my old White Chocolate that was the max characters as well. I have been with Verizon for 8 years so that's all I know you can text is 160 characters. You might want to just call and talk to the person if you need to text more than that.... LOL

....What phone did you have on the previous carrier ?

wyattrash619 · 07-01-2008, 07:03 AM

Correction...... I sent a text to my wife's Glyde and I sent about a thousand characters no problem. I haven't tried sending to another carrier since almost all my family and friends have Verizon. I will try sending a larger text to someone tomorrow when they are awake..... and keep you posted....

Rob O · 07-01-2008, 07:38 AM

Ya it's very phone dependant. Some phones will enable you to send "pages" of messages and it will be a new "page" every 160 characters. Your phone appears to not allow this. It's easier on carriers and your phone to limit it to one 160 character message. Besides, in my experience, the "pages" are always messed up on the receivers end anyways. They never arrive in order.

wyattrash619 · 07-01-2008, 05:57 PM

So I sent a text to my freind who has T-mobile and they only recieved 160 characters. But again if I send it to another Verizon phone I sent close to a thousand characters. Sorry.

aurian · 07-01-2008, 06:21 PM

That blows! ha

Well, I still need to decide whether or not I'm gonna trade my phone for the new DARE, or just go back to T-Mobile.

The DARE is touch screen too, but with the Glyde I have to push buttons like 8 times before they work sometimes. and Sometimes I have to go back to the home page and start what i was doing all over

Rob · 07-01-2008, 07:57 PM

Hey Aurian,

Another member here, Mookie, exchanged his Glyde (which was working slowly) for another Glyde. The new one works perfectly and he must have just gotten a bad "batch" before.

I would suggest trying this before you give up. If you plan on texting a lot I think the Glyde will be better than the Dare but the Dare DOES look pretty sick.

Let us know what you do and how it turns out!

aurian · 07-01-2008, 09:01 PM

Thanks!

What phone would you suggest that has the VZ Navigator, and full HTML browsing? And isnt a PDA because I dont want to pay extra monthly for the internet since I am already on the Premium plan

Rob · 07-01-2008, 10:06 PM

Voyager or Dare (or glyde

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nick · 07-02-2008, 12:26 AM

You can text other Verizon Wireless customers as many characters you want. Every 160 count as one message. So, for example, if you text your friend 158 characters, it will only take one message from your message allowance. If you text you friend 170 characters it will count as 2 messages, instead of only one. It will send it out as one message though (so you really can't tell until you dial #DATA). The person who receives that message also loses 2 messages (or how ever long it was). They may receive it as one message or two (or however many), depending on how new their phone is. Most wireless companies including AT&T (and T-Mobile should be) operate just like this. When you send a message to a non-verizon customer, the other person's network can not interpret the message, therefore only the first 160 characters are delivered.

Rob · 07-02-2008, 03:27 AM

Great clarification Nick, thanks!

aurian · 07-07-2008, 12:53 AM

Got the Dare.

I dig it

glyderoks · 07-10-2008, 10:44 PM

I have tried the dare it is really cool. But the texting can get annoying sometimes by accidently pressing new buttons.